Over 16,000 children were not given polio drops in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province due to parents' misconception, officials said.

"In the last three-day campaign in July, 16,721 children coul

A federal grand jury in the US has indicted 26 people, including 19 Indians, for their participation in a multi-million dollar health care fraud and drug distribution scheme to facilitate the submi

A World Health Organisation backed study has claimed that India has a higher rate of depression than any other country.

The study, ‘Cross-national epidemiology of DSM-IV major depressive episode,’ re

In a shocking incident, a woman delivered her baby outside a primary health centre after its staff allegedly refused to admit her in Hanumangarh district near here.

The newborn died soon after the

Around 40 million people in India are infected with Hepatitis B and the risk of its transmission is hundred times more than that of the dreaded HIV, a gastroenterologist said here on Tuesday.

"In our

Uninterrupted sleep could be the key to good memory, according to a new study.

“Regardless of the total amount of sleep, a minimal unit of uninterrupted sleep is crucial for memory consolidation,” th

A woman from Karjat near here gave birth to quintuplets at a local maternity home, doctors attending to her said today.

Four daughters and a son were born to Sarika Ram Shinde, a resident of Bhandew

A poor couple here has 'donated' conjoined girl twins to a local missionary hospital where they were born a few days back, officials said.

The incident took place at the Padhar hospital, 18 kms fr

For six months, Himachal Pradesh has had no condom in its stocks meant for free distribution among AIDS high-risk groups and for ensuring birth control. So, it is borrowing some from Punjab for the ti

A newborn who tipped the scales at more than 16 pounds (7.3 kilograms) broke the local hospital's weight records in Longview, Texas, press reported on Monday.

The baby boy, named JaMichael, delivered